Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
R.I. Nightclub Owners Submit List of Assets After Filing for Bankruptcy
Oct 23 2005 // The owners of a West Warwick, Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people submitted a list of their assets in a Providence court last week, providing a detailed view of their finances a month after filing for...
R.I. Court Mandates Mediation for All Med-Mal Cases in Providence County
Oct 18 2005 // Hoping to streamline the handling of cases, the Rhode Island Superior Court is experimenting with a mandatory mediation program for all medical malpractice cases assigned to the trial calendar in Providence County. Since...
R.I. Governor Proposes Plan for Better Health System By 2010
Oct 4 2005 // Saying that affordable health care should be within the reach for all Rhode Islanders, Governor Donald L. Carcieri this week laid out a series of five initiatives to improve the state’s system of care by the eyar...
R.I. Grants 2.3% Hike in ProSelect’s Rates for Physicians
Oct 4 2005 // Medical insurer ProSelect has received approval for an average 2.3 percent increase in physicians’ and surgeons’ medical malpractice insurance rates in Rhode Island. However, the insurer lost its bid for an...
R.I. Would Gain $3.7 Million By Adopting Primary Seat Belt Law
Oct 2 2005 // Rhode Island is eligible for a $3.7 million grant if it strengthens its seat belt law to allow law enforcement officers to stop and issue citations to motorists based solely on a seat belt violation, which is referred to...
R.I. Workers’ Comp Rate Cut to be Heard at Nov. 16 Hearing
Sep 28 2005 // Workers’ compensation carriers have filed for a slight 2.3 percent overall reduction in loss costs in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation has scheduled a public hearing for Nov. 16 on the...
Rhode Island Radio Station Denied in Bid to be Removed from Nightclub Fire Lawsuit
Sep 28 2005 // Radio station WHJY will remain a defendant in a civil lawsuit resulting from The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island. The lawsuit filed on behalf of 146 survivors and 80 victims’ families names the radio station...
R.I. Nightclub Owners’ Bankruptcy Filing Stays Workers’ Comp Court Trial
Sep 25 2005 // The owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people filed for bankruptcy last Friday, saying they faced a staggering amount of debt and could no longer pay off their creditors. Jeffrey and Michael...
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Fed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...
DRUNK DRIVING LAWS FAIL TO PASS:
Sep 5 2005 // Rhode Island has some of the weakest drunken driving laws in the nation, and was the only state to receive a “poor” rating in a survey of legislation to reduce drunken driving, according to a national highway...
R.I. Limits Teen Drivers’ Passengers
Aug 28 2005 // The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles sent out letters this weekend to 11,000 new teenage drivers in Rhode Island alerting them to a new law that limits the number of underage passengers who can ride with them. There...
Trial Date Set for R.I. Nightclub Owners Over Workers’ Comp Payments
Aug 25 2005 // The owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people were killed in a 2003 fire are scheduled to go to trial Sept. 30 to determine whether they are able to pay tens of thousands of dollars to the families of workers...
R.I. Drunken Driving Laws Rated Poor by Safety Institute
Aug 16 2005 // Rhode Island has some of the weakest drunken driving laws in the nation, and was the only state to receive a “poor” rating in a survey of legislation to reduce drunken driving, according to a national highway...
R.I. AG Opposes Blues Wellness Unit as Potential ‘Big Brother’
Jul 20 2005 // Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch wants to block the state’s largest health insurer from starting a market research subsidiary, saying Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island could use such...
DUPONT AGREES TO LEAD PAINT SETTLEMENT:
Jul 18 2005 // The DuPont Co. has reached a multimillion dollar settlement in a landmark lawsuit brought by Rhode Island against makers of lead paint. According to the state attorney general, six other manufacturers remain as defendants...
R.I. Governor Blasts, Vetoes Beacon Mutual Expansion
Jul 15 2005 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri has vetoed a bill that would have permitted the state’s largest workers compensation insurer, Beacon Mutual, to restructure and expand into other states. Carcieri blasted the...
R.I. Summit Highlights Need for Coastal Insurance Solutions
Jul 6 2005 // Concern over insurance for coastal properties is mounting in Rhode Island, where markets are tight despite the fact that no hurricane beyond a category 1 has hit since Hurricane Carol in 1954. Some 30 Rhode Island...
Final U.S. Report on R.I. Nightclub Fire Urges Sprinklers, National Fire Code
Jul 1 2005 // The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today urged all state and local governments to adopt and aggressively enforce national model building and fire safety codes for...
Chrysler to Stop Leasing Autos in R.I. if Liability Law Lapses
Jun 27 2005 // Chrysler Financial, a business unit of DaimlerChrysler Services North America LLC, will cease leasing cars in Rhode Island beginning August 1, 2005, if the current vicarious liability legislation passed by the state...
Proposal Would Delay R.I. Lead Paint Law Implementation Until Nov.
Jun 24 2005 // A compromise worked out by a Rhode Island state Senate committee would push implementation of the state’s new lead paint law back to Nov. 1. The Committee on Health and Human Services this week approved the plan to...
